On Monday, the entire school (in two shifts) rode to Jerseyville to see the movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs". It was a great day as we all had popcorn and soda and enjoyed a great time with all of the staff. The movie only cost each student $1.00 as Greene Gables, The White Hall Lions Club and the Mansfield's covered a majority of the expenses.
Our reading series covered a great Eric Carle book "The Tiny Seed." We also worked on placing a sweet potato in water that will grow a vine. Our science series focused on plants and their components. The class discussed roots, leaves, stems and flowers. We plan on continuing this study next week and make a poster about how plants grow.
Our math unit focused on some new skills in weighing and measuring. We were able to use some of our new skills in centers as the class estimated and weighed almost everything in our room.
We finished our week with an assembly from the White Hall Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department. The class really enjoyed going through the smokehouse and shooting water from a real fire hose.
We look forward to discussing Columbus day next week and starting a unit on animal rescue. One of the most interesting stories we will look at is about the rescue of a harbor seal pup. We hope to have a speaker come and talk about some local animal rescue projects that exist right here in our community.
There will be an elementary school dance at the high school sponsored by the North Greene High School Band. Many of the students attend this event and it is a great start to a long three-day weekend.
